Politics
Florence Zano Chideya
Ambassador of Zimbabwe in Canada; Deputy Dean: Diplomatic corps in Ottawa. Managing Director and Owner, African Adventures, a travel/tourism venture in Zimbabwe.
Nouzha Chekrouni
Her Excellency Nouzha Chekrouni, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Canada. Pioneer: 1st woman to be elected to the party’s regional political board (1999); 1st Arab woman named Vice President of IS; 1st woman with the title of Minister.
Doo Aphane
A pioneer Human Rights Activist in Swaziland. Great insight into African women's realities as second-class citizens.
Meaza Ashenafi
Chairperson Enat Bank, Lawyer & Women Activist in Ethiopia. Meaza contributed to the inclusion of women and children’s rights provisions in the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia. She was identified as one of the five prominent women’s rights activists worldwide.
Bience Gawanas
Social Affairs Commissioner for the African Union. She has a reputation as a champion of women’s rights in Namibia and Africa and is considered one of 100 influential individuals in the world for women and children.
Katherine Ichoya
Executive Director FEMCOM, an institution of COMESA. A gender policy pioneer and activist. FEMCOM is comprised of 19 member countries that make up the COMESA region.